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“A TIME of great activity lies before us,” says the annual report for 1945 of the Universities Federation for animal Welfare, and all who have at heart the interests of animals and the attitudes of man towards them will wish that activity great success under the new president, Dr. E. Hindle. The Federation's contacts with the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee have widened its influence. An alteration in the regulation regarding the preparation of vaccine lymph has been amended in response to the Federation's representations to enforce the killing of the calf before the lymph is collected. Regulations concerning the open trapping of animals and the control of rabbits are being discussed with the Ministry of Agriculture. Among the Federation's principal aims are the introduction of humane methods of pest control, and much thought and consultation with other organisations have been given to methods of destroying rats. The Federation hopes to issue shortly its “Handbook on the Care of Laboratory Animals”, which Messrs. Baillière, Tyndall and Cox are to publish. The expert information in this book should make it valuable, not only to laboratory workers, but also to many others. Nine lecturettes for children have been added to the Federation's publications, and the film library has been greatly appreciated by schools. A feature of the Federation's publications are the drawings by its honorary artist, Fougasse.
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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. Nature 158, 52 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158052b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/158052b0